I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Seeing this, Li Mu was not going to go up and cause trouble for himself.

I followed Ge Peining all the way back to the inn.

To Li Mu's surprise, Li Wu was standing at the door of his room.

After asking, I found out that it was Mu Zhen who was looking for me.

Seeing this, Li Mu would certainly not neglect it.

The two turned around and went downstairs and entered Mu Zhen's room.

"Teacher, you are looking for me."

"sit."

At this time, Mu Zhen was sitting cross-legged in front of a low table in the room, on which was a chess game with no winner.

Seeing Li Mu coming in, he just waved his hand casually, then frowned again and looked at the chess game.

Li Mu and Li Wu sat at a table beside each other, looking at each other, but no one said anything.

It took about a cup of tea.

Mu Zhen sighed deeply, threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess box, and sighed in a low voice:

“I really lost…”

Li Mu, who was almost asleep, heard Mu Zhen's movement and quickly opened his eyes to look.

Mu Zhen also turned around and looked at Li Mu with a faint smile on his face.

"Teacher, were there guests just now?"

Li Mu stood up, strode to Mu Zhen and sat down. He glanced at the chessboard and asked.

Mu Zhen just nodded slightly, then looked up at Li Mu and said in a light tone:

"What do you want to say?"

Li Muxin said, "Didn't you ask me to come here?"

After carefully examining Mu Zhen's expression, he laughed dryly:

"Teacher, please tell me what you want to say. I don't have anything to say."

Mu Zhen obviously didn't expect Li Mu to give this answer. He was slightly surprised and asked:

"Maybe there's something you're looking for in the study, but you're not interested?"

"Can't we enter the study as long as we win the competition tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" Li Mu turned around and glanced at Li Wu who was sitting in the distance.

He remembered that it was Li Wu who told him this.

"What you want can only be found on the third floor!" Mu Zhen shook his head.

"Third floor?"

"There is a third floor to the study?"

Li Mu was surprised because he had never heard Li Wu mention it before.

"You've been on the roof of the ritual hall these days. Don't you know?" Mu Zhen frowned and tapped the coffee table with his fingers.

"this…"

Li Mu really didn't know.

These two days, his mind was on his girl Caiwei, so he had no time to pay attention to what a group of old Confucian scholars were saying in the hall.

"You have also started to observe the Four Do Nots. Well, this is a good thing after all."

Mu Zhen waved his hands. Although he was praising Li Mu, his tone sounded regretful.

"Don't listen to anything inappropriate. The seniors are discussing matters in the hall. How dare I eavesdrop..."

Seeing that Mu Zhen had found a way out for himself, Li Mu did not hesitate and quickly responded.

Mu Zhen raised his eyes and glanced at Li Mu. He obviously didn't believe Li Mu's lies, but he didn't intend to dwell on this issue anymore. He then changed the subject and said:

"The Confucian School has reopened the third floor, do you want to go?"

"Go ahead, it's just a matter of walking a few more steps..."

"..."

Mu Zhen resisted the urge to attack and briefly told Li Mu about what had happened in the past few days.

Only then did Li Mu know.

It turned out that Mu Zhen and the others had been discussing entering the third floor in the ceremonial hall these days.

Outsiders only know that the sage's study has two floors.

And this third floor is more like a taboo for Confucianism.

Even among the core disciples of Confucianism, few people knew of the existence of the third floor.

Because almost no one who entered the third floor came out again.

What surprised Li Mu was that the last person to walk out from the third floor was Mu Zhen.

"According to the teacher, entering the third floor is so dangerous, is this considered a reward?"

Li Mu looked at Mu Zhen in confusion, but heard Mu Zhen say calmly: "It's also an opportunity."

"What's on the third floor? Why can't we get out after entering?" Li Mu asked.

However, Mu Zhen shook his head and did not answer.

"can not say?"

"do not know."

Li Mu was stunned and thought to himself, you are kidding me, you just said you had been in there.

"I just went in to take a nap, and when I woke up, I was already outside the third floor."

Mu Zhen seemed to have guessed what Li Mu was thinking. After a little thought, he spoke.

Li Mu frowned, pondered for a while and asked: "Then how did the teacher know that the thing I was looking for was on the third floor?"

Mu Zhen looked up, his eyes somewhat empty, as if he was reminiscing. After a long while, he spoke:

"All the answers you want are on the third floor."

Li Mu savored this sentence carefully, thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed: "Teacher, can we speak human language?"

"..."

"Teacher, if the third floor is really that dangerous, I'd better not go in."

Mu Zhen glanced at Li Mu calmly, then smiled: "Really?"

"If you don't explain clearly, I don't think it's worth it."

Li Mu nodded and said sincerely.

"In fact, this is what I think. It is unwise to look for the answer on the third floor."

Mu Zhen smiled and nodded, looking at Li Mu with satisfaction.

"I thought you already knew about this, so I came to you. But it's fine this way."

"So you didn't want me to go. You should have said so earlier."

Li Mu saw that Mu Zhen looked very pleased with himself and it seemed that he really didn't want to go to the third floor.

So he shrugged and said, "Teacher, you know I have a lot of things to do and a heavy burden on my shoulders."

“There are a lot of women.”

Mu Zhen stroked his beard and made a rare joke.

Seeing this, Li Mu also took advantage of the situation and quickly asked:

"Then teacher, can you tell me about the third floor of the study?"

"You don't plan to go in..."

Mu Zhen frowned and looked at Li Mu with some suspicion.

"Just curious, pure curiosity."

Li Mu acted indifferent and smiled awkwardly.

Mu Zhen thought about it and sighed slightly:

"It's okay. You have to make the decision on your own. I never lied to you before I became your teacher..."

In Confucian classics, the third floor is also known as "attainment of the Tao".

It can dispel the confusion in the hearts of all those who enter.

The third floor used to be a holy place for Confucianism, and all disciples were proud to be able to enter the third floor.

Until a hundred years ago, hundreds of Confucian disciples entered the third floor and never came out again.

The same goes for those who come in to search later.

Therefore, the Confucian teachers at that time decided to seal the third floor and not allow future generations to enter the floor to seek the truth.

...

"If that's the case, why reopen the third floor?"

Li Mu was puzzled and thought, isn't this harming people?

Then he was slightly stunned, and looked at Mu Zhen with a strange look:

"Teacher, why was he able to enter the building back then?"

"Young and reckless, sneaking in secretly."

Mu Zhen's answer was very calm, but Li Mu could see some vicissitudes of life on his face.

“… That expression, oh my god! Could it be…”

Li Mu immediately thought of Shen Sanniang.

Could it be that he is heartbroken and can't figure it out, so...

"What did the teacher get on the third floor?" The more Li Mu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he opened his mouth to test it.

Mu Zhen glanced at Li Mu calmly, chuckled and said:

"Before I entered the building, I had barely cultivated to the second level for a few months. In the third month after I woke up outside the building, I reached the first level. Three years later, I created 'Convincing People with Reason'."

"Oh my god, someone gave me an enema in the building using the Hidden Blade Technique. Ugh! It must have been an enema."

Li Mu was shocked. In just three months, he had advanced from the second stage to the first stage. This was indeed beyond his existing knowledge.

At this time, Mu Zhen said again:

"If you really want to enter the building, I really can't give you more help."

"When I first entered the building, I only vaguely saw a statue, then I fainted. When I woke up, I was already outside the building. All my subsequent achievements were due to those few mantras that suddenly appeared in my mind."